Jacob’s Summer Camps

This Summer, Jacob attended two Summer camps. The first one was at the beginning of July. He attended Explore! Summer Band Camp. He has been playing the clarinet for a year at school and this Summer he started playing the saxophone.

You can’t actually see him playing – he’s on the far right – second saxophone in. You can see him at the end of the performance running off from the stage – we had to hurry home to get Anni and Josh off from the bus.

I am so proud of him – learning to play two instruments and working so hard at it. No one else in our family is musical, so we think he’s amazing.

This last week, he attended a lacrosse camp. He had fun trying lacrosse in PE this past year and wanted to try it out. It was fun but exhausting and he used a lot of little used muscles.

Josh’s Birthday

Josh turned ten this year! I can’t believe it! 

He loves everything about birthdays – the presents, the balloons, the singing, blowing out the candles – he loves it all. The best part is that it was his day today.

My brother Kirk’s family came to visit us and got here just in time for Josh’s birthday party. We’ve never had family here for one of the kid’s birthdays – so this was special.

Josh loves all things Toy Story – so his birthday was extra fun because of all the Toy Story III toys in the store. I think his favorite gift, hands down, was his Toy Story comforter for his bed.

Things I love about Josh:

• He has an amazing enthusiasm for life – simple things make him happy
• He loves Ashton so much and is thrilled beyond belief to have him home
• He has a quick smile and giggle for any attention that you pay him
• He says the cutest prayers – prays for the chips and salsa